Federal Trade Commission building in Washington, D.C, on January 12, 2022. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM

In its first case focused on the security and privacy of genetic information, the Federal Trade Commission has charged genetic testing company 1Heath.io with failing to secure its customers' genetic data by storing health reports of more than 2,000 of its customers in the cloud without encryption or access controls.

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